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2. Retaliatory eviction - Wikipedia

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   In American landlord–tenant law, a retaliatory eviction is a substantive defense and affirmative cause of action that can be used by a tenant against a landlord.If a tenant reports sanitary violations or violations of minimum housing standards, the landlord cannot evict the tenant in retaliation for reporting the poor housing conditions.

3. Eviction in the United States - Wikipedia

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   While eviction laws vary by region, most state and local legislation mirrors the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (URLTA) or the Model Residential Landlord-Tenant Code. [2] Eviction procedures are also regulated by common law—law based on legal precedents, rather than formal statutes. [2]

4. American rule (property) - Wikipedia

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   In property law, the American rule of possession states that a landlord is obligated only to deliver legal possession, but not actual possession, of a leased premises to a tenant. Thus, if a tenant arrives at a leased premises only to discover that it is still inhabited by a previous tenant who is holding over, or by squatters, it is the tenant ...

5. How eviction can affect your credit - AOL

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   Eviction is a legal action a landlord can take to force a tenant to move out of a rental home. Non-payment of rent is the most common reason for eviction). However, tenants can be evicted for ...

6. Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act - Wikipedia

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   The Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, also known as URLTA, is a sample law governing residential landlord and tenant interactions, created in 1972 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in the United States. Many states have adopted all or part of this Act. [1]

7. Tenant right to counsel - Wikipedia

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   Evictions and landlord-tenant cases are civil cases. The theoretical expansion of right to counsel to civil cases was at one time known as "Civil Gideon," after Gideon v. Wainwright , which established the right to an appointed lawyer in criminal cases for defendants who cannot afford one, [ 12 ] but advocates have moved away from that term in ...

8. Tenant Won't Pay Rent? Ways for Landlords to Deal With ... - AOL

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   According to New York law, landlords require court intervention in order to evict a tenant who refuses to pay rent. That means New York landlords may have to hire a lawyer and go through a lengthy ...

9. Landlord–tenant law - Wikipedia

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   Landlord–tenant law governs the rights and responsibilities of leasehold estates, like in an apartment complex. Landlord–tenant law is the field of law that deals with the rights and duties of landlords and tenants. In common law legal systems such as Irish law, landlord–tenant law includes elements of the common law of real property and ...